Intellectual Property
Rare Breed Triggers Patent Litigation
Pending actions
59
Historical total
61
Resolved / remanded
2
Newly Centralized. Consolidated within the last 18 months. Of 61 lawsuits ever part of this litigation, 59 remain active.
About this litigation
Rare Breed Triggers Patent Litigation is a federal multidistrict litigation classified by the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation as a Intellectual Property docket. It was centralized on April 2, 2026 before Amos L. Mazzant, III, Chief Judge, USDC, in the E.D. Texas.
As of the August 3, 2026 JPML report, 59 individual lawsuits are pending in this MDL. Cases coordinated in an MDL keep their separate identity — they are managed together only for pretrial proceedings. Learn how MDLs work.
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